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HELCIA (Liiuf/.). This is now included under Tricho = 

 pilia. 



HERMINIUM. 



Under the abo\e name, L;"i\-en by Linnaeus, are to be 

 found a ie\\- species of curious and interesting Orchids 

 belonging to the tribe O/f/zi'i/rn-. all nati\-es of the 

 temperate or alpine regions of Kuroj^e and Asia, closeh- 

 allied to Orchis : but the [perianth has no spur, and the 

 anther-cells are distant at their base, the glands of the 

 stalks of the pollen-masses [protruding below the cells. 

 The generic name, from hci-jiiiu, the foot of a bed, is in 

 allusion to the knob-like roots. Popularly, these plants 

 are known as Musk Orchis. //. inonorchis [7Jiidl.), the 

 commonest and most wideh" spread species, is best grown 

 on chalk}- banks. //. alpimiin [Liiid/.) is also found in 

 botanic collections. 



HEXADESMIA. 



Four or five species of warm intermechate-house 

 epiphytal Orchids, of the tribe Epidemirccc, are included in 

 the above-named genus, established by Brongniart. They 

 are natives of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, 

 and Brazil. Flowers small, fascicled or racemo.se. Leaves 

 flesh}-. The species that ha\-e been introduced are rarelv 

 met with except in botanic collections. The generic name 

 is from Jicx, six, a, without, and dcsmos, a thong, and 

 is in reference to the six separated pollen-masses. 



HEXISIA. 



Of the four or five species of epiphytal Orchids that 

 comprise the genus Ticxisia fLi)id7j. of the tribe Epidcndiwc, 

 only one has been introduced. All are natives of tropical 

 America. The generic name, from exisocin, to be like, 

 has reference to the conformity of the lip with the sepals. 

 Flowers mediocre ; sepals nearly equal, narrow, the dorsal 

 one free, the lateral ones produced in a very short chin ; 

 petals resembling the dorsal sepal ; lip erect, connate 

 with the column at the base, the lateral lobes obscure, the 



